Selenium WebDriver in Visual Studio

Introduction

This week we will present how to use Selenium WebDriver in Visual Studio.
We used the following softwares (but these are not mandatory):

• Windows 8.1
• Visual Studio 2012
• NUnit
• Selenium
• NuGet
• Resharper

Installation

In order to create a new project with Selenium WebDriver:

• Open Visual Studio and create a new C# class project
• Download and intall NuGet from Tools --> Extensions and Updates. Restart Visual Studio in order to apply the new settings
• Open Library Package Manager from Tools --> Library Package Manager --> Package Manager Console
• Install the latest version of Selenium WebDriver by running command Install-Package 
• Selenium.WebDriver -Version 2.44.0
• Install the latest version of Selenium WebDriver Support by running command Install-Package Selenium.Support

• Install Resharper from https://www.jetbrains.com/resharper/download/
• Install NUnit  from http://www.nunit.org/
• Add the NUnit reference for the created project by right-clicking on the Reference --> Add reference and add the path to the nunit.framework.dll, in our case C:\Program Files (x86)\NUnit 2.6.3\bin\framework\nunit.framework.dll

At the end, the Solution Explorer should look like this:

Creating the First Test

We will not detail the way we should write the C# code this week. But the idea is the same like described in two previous posting http://ralucasuditu-softwaretesting.blogspot.ro/2014/12/selenium-webdriver-create-helper.html and http://ralucasuditu-softwaretesting.blogspot.ro/2014/12/selenium-webdriver-create-helper_17.html.
Just translate the java code in C# code, but taking into consideration some differences that will be later explained.
Here is a test example where we marked some differences:

Running the Test

We will explain two ways of running a test.
If you have Resharper installed that you can click on the left icons to run all tests in a class or only a test.

If you don't have a Resharper license then:

• Go to menu Projects --> Projects Properties (where 'Project' is the project name)
• Select the Debug tab

• Click on Start external program and set the path to nunit.exe, in our case C:\Program Files (x86)\NUnit 2.6.3\bin\nunit-x86.exe
• Build the project
• Run the tests by pressing F5 key. NUnit will be opened and, from here you can run your tests.

Happy testing in 2015 and... make it green, becomes a dream :).